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Food for Health Alliance is a leading voice for food policy change in Australia. We advocate for improved food environments to support the health of all Australians, especially children.

We regularly provide expert media commentary and advice, backed by evidence-based research that helps drive conversations around food policy reform at a state, national and international level.

We provide commentary on key obesity prevention policy issues such as unhealthy food marketing, food labelling, pricing measures and improving baby and toddler foods.

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Lauren Zammit
Media and Communications Advisor
E: lauren.zammit@cancervic.org.au
P: 0401 656 432

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Food for Health Alliance applauds reintroduction of Bill to protect Australian kids from junk food ads

Food for Health Alliance has applauded Independent MP Dr Sophie Scamps, who is set to re-introduce a Private Members Bill into Parliament today to remove unhealthy food marketing on TV and radio, including subscription (streaming) services, between 6am and 9.30pm and online at all times.
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Mandatory Health Star Ratings a must after 10 years of food industry inaction

14 Nov 2024
Leading public health groups are calling for Health Star Ratings to be mandatory across all packaged food products, after an audit found almost two-thirds of items failed to display a rating a decade after the introduction of the voluntary scheme.
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Public health community and celebrities call for a stop to unhealthy food industry marketing tactics targeting children

7 Nov 2024
Food for Health Alliance’s Brands off our kids! campaign today launched an Open Letter, appealing to Australian Health Minister, the Hon Mark Butler, to introduce regulation to stop sinister marketing tactics of the processed food industry relentlessly targeting children.

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The Project: Push To Ban Junk Food Advertising To Aussie Kids

10 Nov 2024
Public health experts have signed Food for Health Alliance's open letter to federal health minister, calling for action to protect kids from junk food marketing. Signatory and children's health advocate, Jamie Oliver, discusses the campaign's importance with The Project panel.

Herald Sun (subscriber only): Jamie Oliver joins Australian campaign to ban junk food advertising to kids

7 Nov 2024
An open letter signed by more than 40 individuals and groups has been delivered to federal health minister Mark Butler, “pleading” with him to step in and end the processed food industry’s self-regulation. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has joined a chorus.

SBS News: Regulating baby formula marketing

24 Jul 2024
The federal government is planning to introduce a mandatory code of conduct around the marketing of infant baby formula. Public health groups are welcoming the move, which SBS News' Hannah Kwon discusses with Food for Health Alliance's Executive Manager, Jane Martin.

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Who we are

We are a leading policy and advocacy voice working to improve diets and prevent overweight and obesity in Australia.

What we do

We identify, analyse and advocate for evidence-informed policy and regulatory reforms to improve our food environment – how our food is made, labelled, sold and advertised.

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Learn more about our latest campaigns to improve Australia’s food environments.